To the editor:
The Republican Party in Vermont needs to take a hard look at how we represent minorities, like myself. It seems that the party has failed to make a strong case for embracing minorities and understanding the needs of our communities. We do not want handouts; we want a party that will help build our communities. Unfortunately, the recent embrace of Nikki Haley as a representative of the party does not inspire confidence in the party’s commitment to addressing the concerns of minority voters. We see what’s happening to President Trump, and we witnessed his successes. America was better under Trump, and this resonates with my community. The Biden administration will stop at nothing to keep Trump out, and we see it. However, our party remains mute to all of this but instead bashes Trump. First of all we love God! Minorities hate wars; we support law and order; we love babies. The truth is we are conservatives, contrary to what the media tells us. We want secure borders. We want America first, not America last. We work long hours to ensure our families are living comfortably. We want the American Dream so we work hard!!
As a minority, I have supported President Trump for the positive impact he has had on our country contrary what we’ve been fed for years. However, the Vermont Republican Party has failed to make a convincing case for minorities in the state. It seems that our approach has not evolved to meet the needs of a diverse and changing society. It is disappointing to see my party continue to play into the hands of the Democrats and progressives, who have historically used minorities for votes without truly addressing their needs.
There is growing support for President Trump among citizens, with almost 90 million people backing him. It is important for the Vermont Republicans to recognize this support and make a sincere effort to understand and address the concerns of minority communities and citizens. Instead of following the same old playbook, we should listen to the voices of 90 million citizens and show that we are committed to representing and caring for all Americans.
The recent actions of the Vermont Republican Party, openly supporting Nikki Haley and denouncing President Trump, are concerning. It appears that we are not effectively addressing the needs of the American people and are instead pandering to a narrower, more traditional viewpoint. My party needs to have open, honest discussions about President Trump’s policies.
I urge my party to reject the status quo and truly make the case for minorities in the upcoming 2024 election. It is important for us to distance ourselves from divisive figures like Nikki and demonstrate a sincere passion for addressing the needs of all Americans. Minorities also deserve to be heard and represented, and it is time for the Republican Party in Vermont to step up and show that we are committed to caring for people. America first!
Rohan St. Marthe, Jericho
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just got back from voting/// voted no no no no /// on all the budgets
Yeah…. I just got back and was removed from the list!….. It was a pleasure voting no.
Let’s see if the number is higher than 112,704 this year…bet it is.
Nikki could fill small conference room, imagine if Trump came to Vermont again, well we don’t have a venue big enough to hold the crowd. But our “leaders” want us to vote Nikki.
Donald J Trump….had great fun voting today.
Excellent commentary! You not only speak the truth for minorities but for the working class which has seen its jobs first shipped overseas and now undercut by a flood of illegal immigrants who get working papers and a free ride.
Anyone who’s for law and order and secure borders should be welcome. But the Republican party has to appeal to people as people, not play the identity politics game.
Mr. St. Marthe, thank you for the acknowledgement that all members of racial minorities are not politically congruent on the left. Those of us with reasoning skills already know that, but the democrat party still considers Black American’s their political slaves, if I may use that term.
In the 2016 campaign, all the predictions that “Trump will get us into World War 3”, have now been exposed as hyperbole and we know that Biden is indeed taking us in that direction. Trump was the most dovish President in 3 generations. The accusations toward Trump as being am insurrectionist and a traitor have also exposed the hypocrisy of the Biden administration. Biden’s executive actions on border policy are giving aid and comfort to the enemy which are Mexican criminal smuggling cartels involved in a violent invasion, so who is the traitor, Joe? But to quote Biden, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black”.
Thank you Sir for your commentary that certainly contradicts the mainstream media bias.
Thank you for speaking to the truth and calling out those who continue to fail to represent you and other Conservative Pro Life Constitutional Vermonters.
thank you rohan!
There is no Republican Party in VT. Haley knows this, and she’s not made her visit to gather support from VT Republicans, she’s here for the Democrats who will do anything to hurt Trump.
I dont blame democrats for wanting to spit in Trump’s eye. I also take every opportunity to vote with a democrat ballot to do the most harm I can do to their party, when the option exists. Today, the most a conservative could do to harm the democrats was to support the Big Orange Middle Finger…
Scott sold vermonters out again endorsing Nikki Haley knowing full well he will vote for Joe Biden in the general along with the rest of his rino buddies in the state of vermont that supposedly serve vermonters under the golden dome.
Again Scott proves that he has absolutely no concern for the way of life of people in the state of vermont or across our beautiful country that is slowly being destroyed by the invasion on our southern border and the inflation and the high cost of goods.
Of course Paul Dame supports the same destructive agenda for vermont that Phil Scott does.
I’m embarrassed by anyone in the state of vermont that would not support president Trump who made this energy efficient we were economically secure and safe from The invasion on our southern border that the Biden crime family has created.
Nikki Haley was funded by the democrats and came to the state of vermont to use the same democrats that Phil Scott uses to be reelected because she knew she had a chance at winning the primary in our state.
I’m embarrassed for real republicans in the state of vermont they want to bring our state back to the beautiful place that used to be when we were growing up here.
As long as we have people in our state that support Phil Scott and the other rinos that are slowly draining us from any semblance of the beautiful state we lived in we are lost.
I guess people will wake up when it’s too late.
I thought Vermonters had an independent streak. I can tell you that Nikki Haley in no way represents the “liberal Republicans” from my youth like Jim Jeffords. Jeffords would be aghast at Haley’s endless war talk. Well maybe Vermonters have changed over the last 30 years. More compliant, more supportive of the DC war blob.
The results from tuesday in no way reflect the views of Vermont’s Republicans. The democrats had nothing going on for their own primary, since the democrats kicked Kennedy out of their party so the voters crossed over to vote with republican ballots to shove a stick in Trump’s eye. No big deal, but I assume they are making a big deal out of it on the garbage liberal media like MSNBC and CNN.
Rich, maybe that’s true about Dems showing up to sabotage Trump like in NH but the author of this piece specifically says the VT GOP has embraced Haley and attacked Trump. I just can’t wrap my head around a VT Republican party that gets its foreign policy views from Joy Behar and Chuck Schumer. But here we are.
I wasn’t aware that VTGOP supports anything but the truth. Hailey was voted for by people who are smart enough to see Biden isn’t doing well, but too brainwashed to see POTUS 45 was anything but the GOAT.
36,291 people voted for Haley. 33,178 people voted for Trump. Total Republican turnout was 70,482 in yesterday’s Vermont primary.
56,952 people voted for Biden. Total Democrat turn out 61,818.
9000 more Republicans voted than Democrats. That in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans at least 2 to 1.
So, let’s assume that only 9000 Democrats crossed over and voted for Haley. After all, if the voting was proportionate, there should have been 140,000 Democrat voters. And to say that they stayed home because Biden’s victory was assured, doesn’t explain why 33,178 Republicans voted for Trump. Republicans had just as much reason to believe Trump’s loss was equally assured.
What I hope the VT GOP and its supporters are beginning to realize is that Trump’s support in Vermont is not only rising, it’s significant. Will that epiphany convert them from their never-Trump hysteria? No. Probably not. At least, not yet. But at some point, the issues will take center stage and reason will dictate behavior.
Trump’s policies work. Period. All of them. It’s time to ignore the hyperbolic claims that Trump wants to be a dictator (if only for a day), that Trump will destroy democracy (as if the Democrats haven’t done that already), that Trump is a Russian asset (as though Obama and Clinton weren’t), or that the mass illegal border crossings are being caused by Trump’s stand on climate change. Please. Spare me the ad hominem invectives of dictatorial racist fascism. Just look at what we have now.
Trump wants to control the border and immigration, not stop immigration. Trump wants to lower taxes (instead of giving all your money to the Vermont Agency of Education), because the government never spends anything wisely. Trump wants peace in the world (and he was the only President over the last 20 years able to achieve peace). Trump wants to cut down the size of the government bureaucracy (which is why the ‘deep state’ hates him so). Trump is a nationalist, America first, free enterprise, individualist, kind of guy. What’s wrong with that (be specific)?
Come on VT GOP. Open your eyes. You’re being gamed by those herding the lemmings over the cliff-of-state. At some point let reason dictate your point of view. Even Vermont is in play now. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Now you’re catching on….. 😉
Great analysis, but it wont dampen the celebration from the left of another “great distinction” for Vermont. The split outcome in Vermont is not worth obsessing over. We who are capable of rational thought know the reason… As you explained, it is because any voter can request a ballot from either party. Sometimes it is the republicans who cross over to make trouble, as I have done many times in the past, and sometime it works out the other way. The Governor’s comments and suggestions are being given too much credit, as those on the left were going to do this anyhow. The democrats did not have any credible alternatives to Biden on their ballot because the disingenuous cowards had already thrown Robert Kennedy out of their party. Liberal Vermonters think that they can influence the outcome of the republican primary just like we fantasize that Vermont fossil fuel and other energy regulations are going to save the planet from climate change. Vermont liberals in general suffer from a serious delusional disorder.
The reality is that Trump will be the next president. Like it or not, getting on his good side only makes good sense. Why not prosper no matter who is the president if you can. I am old, retired, financially fixed, can’t be drafted and go to war. If I was still working, I would want Trump because he will provide a better living. On the other hand, democrats and rinos, will make things worse. If you already have more then enough money, you will be able to buy things people will have to sell, like cars, boats, houses, for ten cents on the dollar. It is your future, think hard on your choices. Money for a losing war in the Ukraine and other places, or keep that money here for our pleasures.
Great analysis Rohan and spot on! Thank you.